Fall is creeping in. Bit by bit, the nights are getting longer and the evenings a little cooler. But that doesn’t mean the warm afternoons have entirely gone away.
As we settle into a steady routine of back-to-school, but before the holiday season kicks into gear, September offers a pause where we can all catch our breath.
And to help you linger in the warm sun just a little longer, we have some new releases to keep you company.
Here are seven new and notable books scheduled for release in September 2025!
Heart the Lover
Her name isn’t Jordan. That’s just what Sam and Yash nickname her. She met them in her 17th-century Lit class, and they quickly drew her into their world.
There’s nothing quite like young passion mixed with intellectual ambition, though, and the three soon find themselves tangled in a triangle that can only end in heartbreak.
As graduation nears, they are all forced to make choices that will impact their future. Now, decades later, Jordan believes the follies of her college days are well behind her until a surprise visit brings the past crashing into her present.
Jordan returns to the world she left behind and must confront who she was, as well as the choices she once made.
The Elements
Four lives that seem unrelated. A mother, a young soccer star, a successful surgeon, and a father. They each face their own struggles, ranging from childhood trauma to a criminal trial.
Yet each one is somehow connected to the next, each story unfolding into the other as their lives intersect in unimaginable ways.
It’s ambitious and spellbinding as each character is forced to ask themselves: what would you do when you’re faced with the unthinkable?
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Sonia is a homesick college student and aspiring writer in Vermont. She meets an older artist who promises inspiration and intimacy, only to find that he casts a dark spell on her life instead.
Sunny is a struggling journalist in Brooklyn who struggles to understand his American girlfriend and cannot seem to walk away from her.
Miles away in India, Sonia and Sunny’s families don’t understand why they are both struggling, so they arrange for the two to meet. But will the clumsy meddling bring them together or only drive them apart?
What We Can Know
In 2119, the lowlands of the UK are submerged beneath the ocean. Tom Metcalfe is among those haunted by everything humanity lost to the rising seas.
He is an academic who studies past archives, hoping to capture the freedom and possibilities that the 21st century offers.
When he stumbles on a clue of where he might find a lost poem, only read aloud before it was lost, he is drawn into a story about love and crime that both shocks him and might destroy everything he thought he knew.
What a Time to Be Alive
When Lola Treasure Gold hits rock bottom, the last thing she expects is to enjoy a surprise jackpot. But after a video of hers goes viral, she suddenly has the chance to become a self-help guru.
Her best friend Celi encourages her to embrace the boon. It’s just that being quasi-famous isn’t as easy as either imagined.
Some accuse her of using her notorious friend’s death to fuel her social rise, and then there are questions about her mother, who was deported when Lola was eight and disappeared.
Can she somehow find her way to become the guiding light her followers need her to be? Or will she crumble under pressure and end up scamming everyone, including herself?
White River Crossing
After a fur peddler stumbles into a remote Hudson Bay Company Outpost with a lump of gold, Magnus Norton sees a rich future unfolding before him.
He launches a secret expedition to Ox Lake, where the peddler claims more gold waits. Led by a family of native guides, the expedition starts with a horrendous act of violence, where the full consequences slowly unravel the expedition.
And as a brutal winter descends on them, Norton’s carefully crafted plans start to fall apart, forcing a choice that will determine not just survival, but their entire future.
The Room of Lost Steps
Barcelona in 1936 is a tumultuous time. Theo Sterling is helping the Anarchist workers stop the army from threatening to overthrow the democratic government.
But when one of their leaders turns his attention to Theo’s love, Maria, the workers turn against Theo. He flees to Oxford, lucky to be alive, but soon returns to help fight the Fascists.
But war is brutal, and he is unprepared for how terrible it truly is. And when he finally makes it back to Barcelona, Theo is forced to make a choice that will forever alter his life.
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